The majority of Latino kids who live in inner city neighborhoods lack access to active spaces and safe streets where they can be physically active. Streets in Latino neighborhoods are often plagued with speeding cars and lack of sidewalks. Research shows that when communities adopt a “complete streets” policy and organize events such as “Open Street” more Latino kids and their families become physically active, according to our new infographic on safe streets which is part of the new Salud America! Active Spaces and Latino Kids research package on the latest science and policy recommendations on the Latino physical activity environment. Share this infographic today! Salud America! is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded national Latino childhood obesity ...
Latino kids consume more sugary drinks than average, part of the reason they're more likely to be overweight/obese than their peers. What can be done? You're invited to join a webinar at 2 p.m. ET Wednesday, Sept. 30, to learn about new local and national efforts to improve Latino kids' access to healthy drinks. The webinar, sponsored by the national Council of La Raza (NCLR) and including Salud America!, is bringing together a panel of experts to highlight successful efforts from across the country to improve beverage choices and healthy environments in schools and other community settings: Rosalie P. Aguilar, MS, Project Coordinator, Salud America!, Institute for Health Promotion Research UT Health Science Center at San Antonio (the team behind SaludToday)
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Latino kids have limited access to out-of-class programs to boost physical activity, which contributes to their higher obesity rates, research shows. What can be done? Learn about and share new out-of-school fitness research, resources, and programs for Latino kids at the #GrowingHealthyChange Tweetchat, "Active Play & Latino Kids" at noon CST (1 p.m. EDT) Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014, with co-hosts SaludToday, YMCA, and Active Living Research. Follow the Tweetchat on Twitter (via @SaludToday, @AL_Research, and @YMCA) to learn more about reducing barriers to active play, increasing access to physical activity before & after school, policies and programs that work to increase physical activity. And share your own resources, ideas and success stories of what works in bringing ...
Latino kids are a particularly attractive target for junk food marketing because of their increasing population size, spending power, and media exposure, research shows. What can be done? Learn about the latest efforts to reduce junk food marketing through industry self-regulation and options to improve marketing in local Latino communities at the #GrowingHealthyChange Tweetchat, “Marketing & Latino Kids,” at noon CST (1 p.m. EST) on Tuesday, July 15, 2014. Follow the Tweetchat hosts—@SaludToday, @BMSG, and @CSPI—and use the hashtag #GrowingHealthyChange to ask questions, learn about the latest research and campaigns, and share your own stories and resources that can help drive healthier marketing: DATE: Tuesday, July 15, 2014
TIME: Noon CST (1:00 PM ...
Food marketers target Hispanic youth with higher levels of marketing for unhealthy food and beverage products, research shows. Why? Ethnic-minority children, such as Latino youths, present a particularly attractive target to food marketers because of their increasing population size, spending power, and media exposure, according to research by Salud America!. Salud America! is a Latino childhood obesity research network funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and directed by the Institute for Health Promotion Research at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, the team behind SaludToday. Check out some graphic information on the issue: An infographic in Spanish or English from Salud America!.
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Salud America! and MomsRising invite you to a #FoodFri tweetchat about the connection between sugary drink consumption and Latino childhood obesity at noon CST (1 p.m EDT) Friday, Nov. 1, 2013. #FoodFri is a weekly tweetchat hosted by MomsRising on Twitter every Friday to provide a platform for our food policy partners and the larger food justice community to address food and beverages in schools, food marketing to children and other topics. Be sure to follow @MomsRising and @SaludToday and use the hashtag #FoodFri to participate. DATE: Friday, Nov. 1, 2013
TIME: 1:00 PM EDT (noon CST)
WHERE: On Twitter with hashtag #FoodFri
WHO: @MomsRising, @SaludToday and YOU! For instructions on how to join a #FoodFri tweetchat, go here. For Salud America! research on sugary drinks ...
Check out this cool new animated video on the science behind the consumption of sugary beverages among Latino kids. The video, which is part of a new Salud America! “Sugary Drinks and Latino Kids” package of research, which also contains a research review, issue brief and infographic, can be found here. Latino kids consume an above-average amount of sugary drinks (74% have had a sugary drink by age 2!). Raising the price of sugary drinks could reduce consumption among Latino kids, and potentially improve weight outcomes, according to ...
Jonas Serrano, president and owner of Phyt NYC, a Manhattan, N.Y.-based private training facility, has developed a free community outreach initiative to improve Latino kids' exercise and eating habits. The project was recently featured in a news segment on Telemundo. Find out more about the program on ...
Check out this cool new animated video on why its critical to reduce unhealthy food and beverage marketing to Latino kids. The video, which is part of a new Salud America! “Healthier Marketing and Latino Kids” package of research, which also contains a research review, issue brief and infographic, can be found here. Research suggests that food marketers increasingly target Latino kids because of their increasing population size, media exposure and spending power. But additional industry self-regulation and governmental regulation—stimulated by community awareness and action—can help limit the marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages to Latino ...
